GVP volcano 352040 · no holder yet
Sumaco
Sumaco is a 3,990 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, last erupted in 1895.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,990 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1895
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1895
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.54°S 77.63°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).